Coming in hot

Yeah, you think so. I was poking at this older, tiny lady with jabs in sparring some years ago. She was in her mid-60s and probably about 4'10", less than 100lbs. I kept jabbing and she threw this nasty, unexpected overhand right right from her friggin ankles and caught me clean on the jaw. The entire gym was watching and I just heard a huge "OOOOOHHHHH" from everyone, and then the laughter. LOL, dont ever take your opponents lightly. EVAR!!

I dunno i feel like it usually sucks worse for the bigger person because you feel obligated to go really light so you don't hurt them while the tiny person usually feels like its ok to go ham since you're so much bigger they won't really hurt you.

This is my plight, haha. But I will say sparring so many smaller people has helped my control and technique immensely. I try not to use my size to walk through shots that aren’t 100%, and instead use more technique, so then when I spar/fight other 200+ pound monsters, I’m usually the more technical one that’s light on my feet.

I was the smallest guy at my gym, I hadn’t done much sparring in Muay Thai but I did in bjj. We got this new guy who was a body builder and my coach paired me up with him to show him the ropes (I loved helping new guys and my coaches new that) but than he asked me to do some sparring to help break him in a lil. I was so nervous but after the first round I felt really good and just encouraged the guy to do his best. Nothing has given me more confidence than that session and a later bjj session.

It was like this for me when I trained only Muay Thai all the time. Later on I adapted to bigger opponents and got better at the craft. For the last 4 years, I’ve been training strictly BJJ. I’ve had my blue belt for roughly a year now, and I always smile when my professor pairs me up with bigger people. It gives me a chance to work my technique, and it’s just more fun to roll with them because they think they can just smash me out. That’s not how it works haha.

Don't even get me started, I'm 6' 6" so virtually everyone is shorter than me but a couple are a good 10" shorter but not much lighter. Jesus Christ they're ridiculous, once they get past my range they have every advantage. (Plus I'm not very experienced so they win anyway)

Still ways to negate that advantage man. Just like shorter fighter's need to learn how to fight taller guys. Taller fighters need to learn how to fight shorter guys. Both have innate advantages that can be devastating when used correctly. That's why fighting is the best form of competition. There is a way to beat everyone if you have the know how.